# The best submarine movies of all time

From Das Boot to The Hunt for Red October: the submarine films critics and fans rank highest (Filmkuratorium, Top-10-Liste, JustWatch).

- 20 votes · 12 items
- Feb 11, 2026 · franziska_kinogaenger
- https://even.best/en/l/1975/the-best-submarine-movies-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **Das Boot (1981)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Wolfgang Petersen's classic, one of the most expensive German productions of its time.
2. **K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Harrison Ford and a Soviet sub with a reactor leak.
3. **Kursk (2018)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Thomas Vinterberg on the Russian submarine tragedy.
4. **Phantom: The Submarine (1999)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A South Korean thriller aboard a nuclear sub.
5. **The Ghazi Attack (2017)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Indian film about a battle in the 1971 war.
6. **The Wolf's Call (2019)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A French sonar specialist with perfect hearing.
7. **The Hunt for Red October (1990)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sean Connery as a Soviet captain who wants to defect.
8. **Crimson Tide (1995)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Denzel Washington against Gene Hackman aboard a nuclear sub.
9. **The Abyss (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — James Cameron's underwater epic.
10. **U-571 (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Americans seize a German U-boat to capture the Enigma.
11. **Black Sea (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jude Law hunts Nazi gold in an old submarine.
12. **Hunter Killer (2018)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Gerard Butler in a modern submarine action film.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.